The Minister of Education has declared school to be back in session, but several problems remain that are preventing children from getting the educations they deserve. Many of those can be addressed with technological solutions.

Agriculture
Work/Prepare agricultural techs to help change planting methods. Help small farmers to harvest using mechanical/scientific practices. We will work with farmers to create farming cooperatives. Establish a system of cooperation with small farm owners to help find loans and build homes.

Education
Create/change in the education system to allow children rich or poor to attend school at all levels i.e. elementary, high school, university and professional trade schools. Educate and teach the population of La Gonave on environmental practices which benefits and and harms the environment, teach modern conservation methods. We will buy and distribute trash bins in all our work areas to begin small scale recycling programs.

Health
Support the development of a sustainable health care system to meet the needs of La Gonave and the Trou L'enfer community with maximum local direction and support. Today, the people of Haiti endure some of the worst health conditions in the world. Haiti is the poorest country in this hemisphere. Two-thirds of all Haitians are malnourished and do not have access to the most basic health care. There is no public sanitation system anywhere in Haiti and little potable water.
•Haiti is rated last in the world on the Water Poverty Index.
•Haiti has the highest maternal mortality ratio in our hemisphere.
•One in twelve children does not survive to age five.
•Leading causes of death among Haitian children include diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections, and malnutrition.
•HIV, TB, malaria and dengue fever rates are the worst in this hemisphere and contribute to the low life expectancy and misery of the people of Haiti.

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My Team has been chosen as one of the finalists in the BBBC Housing Expo and Exemplar Housing Development (http://www.malcolmreading.co.uk/bbbc/). I am looking for people in Haiti to collaborate with. If I may ask, how would you be able to help us help Haitians create new housing designs and construction (and much more that is planned)?

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